Quote Originally Posted by Aceofspades View Post
/face palm

1) parry is NOT 100% why people talk about it like it is , is beyond me.

2) two teir 4 hp materias is 130ish hp max, thats about 1/4 of a normal attack on a moderatly armored tank... very bad use of materia slots and stupid waist of gil

3) sure you can tank on your war , but your gona bring two healers for war where a pld would only need one, and all soo you can do sorry damage and feel good about it? /facepalm

the point is, with server lag , somtimes running from 100-tonze is not an option and tbh you can kill him just as fast without running anyways soo why would you want to? oh wait thats right, if you dont you will die, hmm glad I tank on pld then
You can easily get 4500+ HP on WAR with a few pieces of single-meld gear, AF, and food. That is all that is necessary to survive 100 ton swing. Featherfoot and Foresight have a very high probability to block swing. That's why you get HP above 4500 in case it actually gets through. WAR also has Sentinel and Vengeance which are guaranteed methods of damage reduction.

4 defensive abilities to lessen the damage and enough max HP to survive 100-ton swing defenseless is actually safer than a PLD tank. Faster kill speed also means less chances for something to go wrong.

I'm pretty certain that PLD cannot break the 4500 HP barrier without double melded HP on every slot. Using full heavy darklight, double-meld HP shield, HP accessories, and food I only get about 4300 HP. This means that you must save Divine Veil or Sentinel for taking 100 ton swing to the face, which makes PLD even more reliant on dodging attacks than WAR.

Too many people underestimate WAR's ability to reduce damage. Parry occurs very often with the new Rampage. Almost all bosses are slow-hitters which make Featherfoot and Foresight insanely good. WHM cures and regens are so powerful that the extra damage mitigation over time PLD gets over WAR is usually unnecessary even with just 1 WHM.

And yes, I've done speed runs in AV as both PLD and WAR. I feel like WAR still has the edge but both jobs can easily manage it now.